The History of Campbeltown in a 100 Objects
The 100 objects project brings together key moments in the town’s history by bringing together objects from collections, on public display and even everyday items which are on mantlepieces and in attics in homes around from around the area. They tell the important story of how Campbeltown lived, worked and grew over the last 300 years. Do you have an interesting object that you’d like us to feature? Perhaps you have a story to tell about an object, or perhaps you recall a story you were told as a child?
This project is all about capturing the objects, buildings, locations, and stories that made and shaped Campbeltown over 300 years. Please contact the Heritage Centre for more information on how to take part and help us reach 100 objects.
- Title: The Fessenden Mast
- Date: 1905
- Location: Machrihanish, The Gauldrons
- Machrihanish Radio Station was established on the seafront at Uisaed Point, west of Machrihanish on the Kintyre Peninsula, in December 1905. Continue
- Title: The Storm
- Date: 1890
- Location: Scottish National Gallery
- William McTaggart’s energetic brush work and bold colour convey the power of the thunderous sky, lashing wind and turbulent sea. Continue
- Title: Machrihanish Airbase
- Date: 2017
- Location: Machrihanish Business Park
- RAF Machrihanish is a former Royal Air Force station located near Machrihanish and just west of Campbeltown, at the tip of the Kintyre Peninsula. Continue
- Title: The Campbeltown Cross
- Date: 1700
- Location: Campbeltown
- The secular ‘merkat’ or market cross marks the birth of Campbeltown and three hundred years of social history. Continue